A former army doctor has denied indecently assaulting a prospective Royal Marines recruit during a medical examination in the 1980s.

Dr Neil Ineson, 62, of St Helen's Crescent, Sandhurst, is alleged to have cupped the prospective recruit's testicles during the examination at the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital in Woolwich, south London.

Dr Ineson, who went on to become a consultant cardiologist at Frimley Park Hospital, said he had no recollection of the alleged victim and any examination had been in a medical capacity.

But on the first day of the trial at Guildford Crown Court on Monday (January 15), prosecuting barrister Alexander Williams said Dr Ineson had "abused his position as an army doctor."